Guest columnist Joe Shearrer: "A retirement plan isn’t just about having enough money to retire. It’s about having enough money to stay retired."

Guest columnist Matthew Stublefield: "AI models can reflect biases in the data they’re trained on."

Guest columnist Joe Shearrer: "The market does not operate on presidential and midterm election cycles. It operates on business cycles, earnings growth, economic conditions, interest rates and investor expectations."

Marty Goodnight, owner and publisher, outlines how readers continue to shape SBJ priorities, future.

Guest columnist Andrea Battaglia: "You don’t earn respect by sticking with a broken system. You earn it by noticing when something no longer works and being willing to say it out loud."

Director of environmental health, safety and security at Vital Farms offers advice about navigating disruptions.

Interim Editor Gregory Holman calls for columnists.

Missouri State University's Carly Asher-August makes the case for hiring local creatives.

Community Foundation of the Ozarks' Ashley Silva offers guidance on estate planning.

Guest columnist Micah Scott: "Thousands of business owners and commercial real estate investors who locked in historically low borrowing costs during 2021 are now approaching an important financing milestone: the expiration of those fixed-rate terms."

Missouri State Treasurer Vivek Malek urges consumers to be smart about holiday spending.

Guest columnist Andy Drennen: "The greatest risk is not that we overestimate what AI will accomplish over the next 10 years. It’s that we underestimate how profoundly it could reshape our everyday lives and choose to ignore the transformation currently underway."

Kimberly Cella: "As budget discussions begin this October, we encourage Missourians to contact the Governor’s Office and share why transit matters in their communities. Early engagement can make a meaningful difference."

Guest columnist Stephanie Staggs details resilience and skills that are required amid a career change.

Guest columnist Chase Marable: "Open enrollment is approaching. Health insurance costs are back in the news, and employers across the country are trying to answer a question that sounds simple but increasingly isn’t: What are we going to do about health insurance next year?"

Guest columnist Ron Bogart: "Most leaders believe silence means one of two things: Employees agree, or employees are afraid to speak. My doctoral research suggested a more complicated and more useful answer."

Guest columnist Matt Morrow writes about affordability in the Queen City.

Guest columnist Rusty Worley: "Springfield’s greatest competitive advantage may already be here: a higher education ecosystem that connects universities, employers, health systems and public institutions in ways many similarly sized communities struggle to replicate."

Guest columnist Richard Baker: "I know this sounds a lot like walking to school uphill both ways, but rates have been a lot higher than they are right now."